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Lath

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Lath"

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Word	Definition
plasternoun	(uncountable) A paste applied to the skin for healing or cosmetic purposes.
furringnoun	Parts of clothing made from fur.
counterlathnoun	A batten laid lengthwise between two rafters as a bearing for laths laid crosswise.
lath bricknoun	A long, slender brick used in making the floor on which malt is placed in the drying kiln.
slatnoun	A thin, narrow strip or bar of wood (lath), metal, or plastic.
joistnoun	A piece of timber or steel laid horizontally, or nearly so, to which the planks of the floor, or the laths or furring strips of a ceiling, are nailed.
reapernoun	One who reaps; a person employed to harvest crops from the fields by reaping.
studnoun	(colloquial) A sexually attractive, promiscuous male.
studdingnoun	Anything with which a surface is studded.
shaven lattennoun	(archaic) A kind of latten, thinner than black latten.
battennoun	(carpentry, construction) A plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, to provide a fixing point, to strengthen, or to prevent warping.
ledgenoun	A narrow surface projecting horizontally from a wall, cliff, or other surface.
latticenoun	A flat panel constructed with widely-spaced crossed thin strips of wood or other material, commonly used as a garden trellis.
sloatnoun	A narrow piece of timber that holds together large pieces; a slat.
spalenoun	A lath; a shaving or chip, as of wood or stone.
chantlatenoun	(architecture) A piece of wood fastened near the ends of the rafters, and projecting beyond the wall, to support two or three rows of tiles, so placed to prevent rainwater from trickling down the sides of the wall.
liggernoun	(slang) A freeloader or hanger-on, especially in the music or entertainment industry.
mattressnoun	A pad on which a person can recline and sleep, usually having an inner section of coiled springs covered with foam or other cushioning material then enclosed with cloth fabric.
linernoun	A large passenger-carrying ship, especially one on a regular route; an ocean liner.
louvernoun	(chiefly in the plural) A series of sloping overlapping slats or boards which admit air and light but exclude rain etc.